Why aren't heat pumps placed indoors ?

roger61611 · 2006-02-06T14:30:33+00:00

Why aren't heat pumps placed indoors ? The big unit that is installedoutside, I mean.Could you do something where the heat pump could be placed in a stall(or in the garage) attached to the house. In the winter, close theoutside stall door and open it up to the house, so the heat pump isinside the house. The pump would then pull already-warmed air frominside the house. All the heat generated would stay in the house.In the summer, change it around so the pump is outside, since itcreates heat that needs to be release outdoors.What am I missing ?

Feb 06, 2006 20 Replies

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Robert Gammon 20 years ago

This is a region specific temperature. Different parts ofthe country have WILDLY different ground water temps. Some areas around the Great Lakes have winter temps that hover very near freezing, while regions along the Gulf Coast have year round water temps of 75 degrees.

Generalizations are DANGEROUS.

And yes, GSHPs are located indoors.

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